Who we are

Our website address is: https://sminglez.com

Comments

When visitors leave comments on the site we collect the data shown in the comments form, and also the visitor’s IP address and browser user agent string to help spam detection.

An anonymized string created from your email address (also called a hash) may be provided to the Gravatar service to see if you are using it. The Gravatar service privacy policy is available here: https://automattic.com/privacy/. After approval of your comment, your profile picture is visible to the public in the context of your comment.

Media

If you upload images to the website, you should avoid uploading images with embedded location data (EXIF GPS) included. Visitors to the website can download and extract any location data from images on the website.

Cookies

When you leave a comment on our site you may opt-in to saving your name, email address and website in cookies. These are for your convenience so that you do not have to fill in your details again when you leave another comment. These cookies will last for one year.

On visiting our login page, we will set a temporary cookie to determine if your browser accepts cookies. This cookie contains no personal data and is discarded when you close your browser.

When you log in, we will also set up several cookies to save your login information and your screen display choices. Login cookies last for two days, and screen options cookies last for a year. If you select “Remember Me”, your login will persist for two weeks. If you log out of your account, the login cookies will be removed.

When you edit or publish an article, an additional cookie will be saved in your browser. This cookie includes no personal data and simply indicates the post ID of the article you just edited. It expires after 1 day.

Embedded content from other websites

Articles on this site may include embedded content (e.g. videos, images, articles, etc.). Embedded content from other websites behaves in the exact same way as if the visitor has visited the other website.

These websites may collect data about you, use cookies, embed additional third-party tracking, and monitor your interaction with that embedded content, including tracking your interaction with the embedded content if you have an account and are logged in to that website.

General Liability for Content

The content of our sites is delivered with utmost diligence and care possible. However Sminglez cannot guarantee the accuracy, completeness, integrity and actuality of the content. In cases of declaration of violation of rights, Sminglez will delete the concerned content as soon as possible.

Our site contain links to external websites over which we have no control. Thus Sminglez cannot be held accountable for the content of those third party websites and the consequencies that may arise from the existence of such links on Sminglez. The operator or provider of the mentioned content is the one responsible for their respective site content. The linked-to websites were reviewed concerning possible violation of rights at the point of publication. However, some illegal content may not be recognizable at the point of publication. A constant and permanent monitoring of the links included on Sminglez without concrete indication and necessity is deemed unreasonable and infeasible. But in cases of declaration of violation of rights, Sminglez will delete the concerned link(s) at the soonest possible time.

The content and text published by third-party website operators on Sminglez are subject to copyright law. The duplication, revision, dissemination and all forms of usage of content beyond the copyright limits require a written approval of the respective author and/or creator. Downloads and copies of the aforementioned content are only allowed for private and non-commercial use. If the content posted on Sminglez did not come from the website operator himself, the third party copyright rules shall apply. All third party content is marked as such. Should there be any copyright infringement on Sminglez , kindly contact us and provide us with corresponding evidence. In cases of declaration of violation of rights, Sminglez will delete the concerned content at the soonest possible time.

The following clauses shall explain when and to which extent personal data is handled, collected, promoted and used by Sminglez.

Who we share your data with

If you request a password reset, your IP address will be included in the reset email.

How long we retain your data

If you leave a comment, the comment and its metadata are retained indefinitely. This is so we can recognize and approve any follow-up comments automatically instead of holding them in a moderation queue.

For users that register on our website (if any), we also store the personal information they provide in their user profile. All users can see, edit, or delete their personal information at any time (except they cannot change their username). Website administrators can also see and edit that information.

What rights you have over your data

If you have an account on this site, or have left comments, you can request to receive an exported file of the personal data we hold about you, including any data you have provided to us. You can also request that we erase any personal data we hold about you. This does not include any data we are obliged to keep for administrative, legal, or security purposes.

Where we send your data

Visitor comments may be checked through an automated spam detection service.

Caches

This site utilizes caching in order to facilitate a faster response time and better user experience. Caching potentially stores a duplicate copy of every web page that is on display on this site. All cache files are temporary, and are never accessed by any third party, except as necessary to obtain technical support from the cache plugin vendor. Cache files expire on a schedule set by the site administrator, but may easily be purged by the admin before their natural expiration, if necessary.

Google AdSense

This website uses Google AdSense, a service for including advertisements from Google Inc. (“Google”). AdSense uses “cookies”, text files that are stored on your computer, to analyze the use of this website. Google uses also use web beacons (invisible graphics). Through these web beacons, information such as traffic can be analyzed.

This usage information, generated by cookies and web beacons (including your IP address) and the display of advertisements are transmitted to a Google server in the USA and stored there. This information can be given to Google partners. But Google will not associate your IP-address with other saved data they have from you. You can prevent the use of cookies by selecting the appropriate settings on your browser.

However, we point out that in this case, you may not be able to fully use all features of this website. By using this website you agree to the processing of data about you by Google in the manner described above and for the aforementioned purpose.

Third Party / External Websites

Please be aware that other websites and other internet users may collect any personal information such as your e-mail address that is published on the websites of Sminglez. This is due to the natural interconnections of the internet. Our data protection policies only apply to Sminglez and do not cover external websites nor cover the external activities of the users and the consequences arising thereafter.

Sminglez offers users the possibility to interact with Sminglez users and post ads under a cipher as an added security measure. This considerably hinders third parties from collecting users’ personal data.

Sminglez also uses JavaScript to encode your email address (that was submitted as a contact email) to prevent the scanning of users’ email addresses through external software. However, email addresses that are published openly in the ad itself are not covered by this security feature.

Right of withdrawal of Information

Personal information provided to Sminglez may be requested for deletion at any time provided that the information is not needed for a running transaction or is not lawfully required for safekeeping. If you have given the permission for the transmission of personal information to a third party, you may at any time cancel or withdraw this permission. Information regarding all personal information saved on Sminglez can be provided on request and free of cost. You have the possibility of requesting eventual corrections to erroneous and non-current data at any point.